Santiago In The News

Maddie Smitley's elaborate headdress, titled “Piloqutinnguaq,” won the national Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Medal in Fashion and Smitley will be traveling to New York for the awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall in June. Another piece she created, a sculpture of a head constructed from paper clips, won a regional award. (Photo: Kurt Miller / Story: Stephanie Schulte)

First-year CIF team Corona Santiago announced its presence with authority Monday, taking a 5-4 halftime lead over Mira Costa, then stretching it to 7-4 entering the fourth quarter and holding on to beat the Mustangs, 8-6. Mira Costa was ranked No. 6 in the US Lacrosse/MaxLaxLA preseason coaches poll.

Santiago overcame a miserable shooting performance in the opening half to force overtime. The Sharks dominated that extra period to knock off Fullerton Troy, 11-8, in a CIF-Southern Section Division 3 quarterfinal match at Fullerton College.

The Corona Santiago girls volleyball team had one of the state's best middle blocking tandems last year with Makayla Wolfe and Natalie Shollin. Wolfe and Shollin now are dominating opposing defenses from the outside.

As the Sharks close in on at least a portion of the Big VIII League title with a week to go in the regular season, they’re in the position partly because of Queller, who has endured a stretch in which her father had two stents placed in his heart June 17 and her mother had a minor heart attack just four weeks ago.

On Monday, shortstop Brice Turang from Corona, Calif., committed to LSU, adding an uber talent to the Tigers’ 2018 recruiting class. A sophomore at Santiago High, Turang has the accolades, bloodline and tools to produce a who’s who of a college recruitment, which saw LSU come out on top

Welcome home Steven Pallares. The former Corona Santiago standout and current San Diego State leadoff hitter did just about everything in Fridayâs 4-3 NCAA regional playoff win over UC Santa Barbara.